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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

My Top 10 Gettysburg books

With the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg upon us, Brett Schulte of TOCWOC recently asked a number of other Civil War bloggers if they would like to submit a list of Top 10 books about the battle (selection criteria deliberately undefined). For the most part, I chose a string of narrowly focused secondary works, that, taken together, provide the most detailed picture of the battle available.

*** MY (rather conventional) TOP TEN LIST: ***

1. The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command by Edwin B. Coddington.

3. Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg by Eric Wittenberg and J. David Petruzzi.

4. Pickett's Charge: The Last Attack at Gettysburg by Earl J. Hess.

5. Gettysburg: July 1 by David G. Martin.

6. Gettysburg: The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz.

7. Gettysburg: Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill by Harry W. Pfanz.

8. Pickett's Charge in History and Memory by Carol Reardon.

9. Gallagher (ed.) trilogy - The First Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership, The Second Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership, and The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond.

10. Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg by John W. Busey and David G. Martin.

9 comments:

Thanks for agreeing to do this. Unsurprisingly since we share the same tastes in Civil War topics, you and I have 7 of the 10 in our lists in common. I've "Tweeted" a link to your list and I've also added a link back from the permanent page.

Great List Drew! I have Nine out of the Ten books in your list. Your list contains some of my favorite books in my collection. I was glad to see Hess and his wonderful book on Pickett's Charge at #4.Thanks,Chris

I know. For something like the Battle of Chickamauga the list could contain Glenn Tucker and Peter Cozzens' books. Plus, maybe Baumgartner's book on Wilder's Lightning brigade at the battle and from there the major modern works fall off quite a bit.Chris